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International migration: Can it improve living standards among poor and vulnerable populations?
de Brauw, Alan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996991
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Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189433
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Rising wages in Bangladesh:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rashid, Shahidur; Ahmad, Kaikaus; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
remittances, primarily from male workers overseas. Since human capital is the most important asset for the poor, the escalation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132716
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Economic development, external shocks, and food security in Tajikistan:
Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Shreedhar, Ganga - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
reliance on labor remittances exacerbated Tajikistan’s food insecurity and the vulnerability of its households. This study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132735
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Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762104
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Migration, poverty, and inequality: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Wouterse, F. S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
households. Comparatively high remittances from this form of migration are associated with greater inequality. We also find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038054
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HIV and mobility in the Lake Victoria Basin agricultural sector: A literature review
Drimie, Scott; Weinand, Julia; Gillespie, Stuart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
The Lake Victoria region has the highest HIV prevalence in the East African Community, which comprises Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. This region also has a significant concentration of commercial agricultural plantations, which rely on mobile workers, an extensive system of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459972
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Demand for high-value secondary crops in developing countries
Bouis, Howarth E.; Scott, Gregory J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
characteristics, is applied, illustrating its usefulness for analysis of demand for potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Asia, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997297
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Remittances, income distribution, and rural asset accumulation
Adams Jr., Richard H. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
This paper examines the direct, first-rounds impact of two types of remittances—internal and external remittances …—on income distribution and asset accumulation in rural Pakistan. Using income decomposition techniques on a three-year panel … household data set, the paper finds that internal remittances have a positive effect on equity and that external remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997375
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Taking successful development interventions to scale is critical if the world is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to support scaling up in these three areas, however, is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735452